Thursday, 8 November 1934
The house met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
3. asked the Minister of Labour whether he will introduce legislation to bring milk production under the Trade Boards Act, and so enable milk producers to receive the same fixed weekly...
5. asked the Minister of Labour whether, in making a record of the depressed areas of the country, he has taken into consideration, or will take into consideration, the position of certain...
6. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, in view of the fact that the terms of reference of the Departmental Committee on Social Services connected with Courts of Summary...
8. asked the Home Secretary what progress has been made in regard to a general scheme for the rovision of better section houses for the Metropolitan police?
12. asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware of the dissatisfaction among the Metropolitan Police and the public misgiving owing to the present practice whereby special duties such as...
14. asked the Home Secretary the number of 10-year-service constables enrolled in the Metropolitan Police Force to date?
11. asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been drawn to a number of cases in coal mining of men being incapacitated and unable to follow their employment through what is known as...
Miss CAZALET: 18. asked the Minister of Health the number of houses erected by the London County Council during the last six months and during each of the two preceding periods of six months?
20. asked the Minister of Health what steps he has taken to comply with the recommendations in the report of the Committee, appointed by the Lord Chancellor, on Ministers' Powers (Cmd. 4060,...
22. asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the fatal accident at Purley on 1st November resulting in the deaths of two small children in an outbreak of fire at a private house, he will...
Mr. VYVYAN ADAMS: 29. asked the Minister of Health whether, in the forthcoming housing legislation, he proposes to take steps to safeguard the interests of the owner of good property in a...
34. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether, having regard to the high rates of interest being paid by local authorities on many of the loans made since 1918 for housing purposes,...
19. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that the decision not to fill the vacancy arising out of the resignation of the medical officer for maternity and child welfare, but to...
24. asked the Minister of Health whether he will take immediate steps to investigate the case of Bertha Croft, now an inmate of the South View Mental Hospital, Hellingly, Sussex; and whether he...
25. asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been drawn to the failure of the Croydon Corporation to deal with the foul smells permeating the districts of West Croydon, Beddington,...
23. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that in cases where colliery companies have failed, and subsequently only a part of the amount due to those entitled to workmen's compensation...
27. asked the Minister of Health whether he will consider the formation of training centres or colonies as being a more humane and satisfactory method of dealing with the unemployed. throughout...
Miss WARD: 2. asked the Minister of Labour whether he can give the estimated cost to local authorities of public assistance, from 1st October to 3rd March; to those persons who will come under...
4. asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that at Brightlingsea, Essex, about 80 men, having formed part of the regular crews of yachts all the season and paid their contributions...
30. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has received any communication from the Import Duties Advisory Committee on the subject of the two applications made by the National...
51. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the Government's declared policy to subsidise British shipping, he will consider the advisability of restricting the subsidy to...
31. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will give the House his assurance that Treasury sanction will not be given to any loan to Japan or Manchukuo in view of the refusal of Japan...
MABANE: 35. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he can state why the amount of revenue collected under the head of miscellaneous receipts is so much less during the current year...
36. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is yet in a position to state the amount of Income Tax collected from co-operative societies under the provisions of the Finance Act,...
37. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he can now state what is the present total number of bacon factories in Great Britain which are working and idle, respectively; what is the...
39. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware of the complaint of allotment holders that they have no security of tenure on their plots; and whether he can do anything to help to...
40. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will state how many applications for registration as a potato merchant under the Potato Marketing Scheme have been refused by the Potato Marketing...
41. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether his attention has been called to the system adopted by the Manx government in developing a scheme of subsidised wages for agricultural workers...
44. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether any of the animals recently discovered to be suffering from foot-and-mouth disease at Bisley, Gloucestershire, had been imported from Ireland?
43. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether the Commissioners of Crown Lands will make arrangements, when letting the site of the old Geological Museum, to sacrifice a portion of the depth of...
45. asked the Prime Minister whether he will consider the establishment of a national fund to which the surplus of moneys subscribed by the public for the relief of distress caused by mining and...
46. asked the Prime Minister whether the Royal Commssion set up to inquire into the constitution of Durham University has yet completed its report; and, if not, whether he can give a date on...
15. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether he can state the increased amount of milk consumed in the schools since the price of milk was reduced; and whether there...
47. asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been called to a speech broadcast on 30th October, on the eve of the municipal elections, which, though intended to be non-party in...
50. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in view of the revelations at the public inquiry into the sugar marketing scheme and in the evidence of the United Kingdom Sugar Industry Committee,...
9. asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware of the effect of under-employment on the compensation received by injured persons; and whether he has considered the possibility of amending the...
52. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether inquiries have been made by the Glasgow police into the visit of two persons who proposed to the manager of a leading Glasgow firm, namely,...
53. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will give a list of Scottish burghs which have adopted the Rural Workers Housing Act, with a list of the State funds contributed in each...
55. asked the Minister of Transport whether he will take steps to amend the law so as to make it clear that where a motor-vehicle driver is involved in a road accident at midnight, which could...
56. asked the Minister of Transport whether he will consider the advisability of giving some guidance as to hat is considered a satisfactory fitting within the regulaton governing the carrying of...
57. asked the Minister of Transport whether he will state the present position with regard to the setting up under Section 19 of the London Passenger Transport Act of a Thames water-omnibus service?
10. asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that Miss Esmee Marie Dorothy Sibley, on 3rd August, 1934, was sentenced at a London police court to six months' imprisonment and to a fine of...
59. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether it is intended to pay salaries or expenses to the members of the proposed Legislative Council in Palestine?
60. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether his attention has been called to the increas- ing number of Cypriots coming into this country to obtain work and unemployment benefit;...
61 and 62. asked the Secretary for Mines (1) whether he can state the last day on which an inspector of mines visited the Ross Colliery, Hamilton; whether, on the occasion of his visit, he made...
63. asked the Secretary for Mines the average output for persons Colliery, Hamilton, by which a miner named Malcolm MacCormack was killed; and whether there was any correspondence or interviews...
64. asked the Secretary for Mines how many fatal accidents happened to boys under 16 years of age in the mines in Great Britain in 1930, 1931, 1932, and 1933; and how many nonfatal accidents...
65. asked the Secretary far Mines the sums paid by British coal mines in rents, royalties, and wayleaves for the years 1931, 1932, and 1933, respectively?
66. asked the Secretary for Mines what quantity of British coal has been purchased by Finland since the signing of the Anglo-Finnish trade agreement; how this amount compared with that purchased...
67. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether it is proposed to hold any military reviews in which the Territorial Army will take part in celebration of His Majesty's Silver Jubilee...
68. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether he is aware that all permanently commissioned warrant officers or noncommissioned officers in the Army, all Marines coming within the...
69. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will state the date and place of the first meeting of the slavery committee of the League of Nations?
13. asked the Home Secretary under what circum. stances the agents of political parties are refused copies of the registers of electors; and if he will see to it that all parties receive equal...
17. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that the interpretation placed upon the word uniformity in the Rating and Valuation Act is causing apprehension, as certain assessment...
70. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether the design for the K-type of submarine was given to the Government of any other nation and, if so, which Governments; the dates when such...
33. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether the recent steps taken to prevent smuggling on the frontier between Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State have proved effective?
May I ask the Prime Minister if he will state the business for next week?
3.40 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Captain Margesson.]
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